Abstract
So-called "drug psychoses" can be interpreted as the anxiety reaction of a naive user occasioned by his fear that the temporary symptoms of drug use represent a permanent derangement of his mind. Participation in a drug-using subculture tends to minimize such occurrences, because other users present the persons with alternative explanations of his experience that minimize its lasting effects. A comparison of LSD [lysergic acid diethylamide] and marihuana use suggests that the number of drug-induced psychoses varies historically, being a function of the historical development of a subculture.

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